“I get anxious about a lot of things, that's the trouble. I get anxious about everything. I just can't stop thinking about things all the time. And here's the really destructive part - it's always retrospective. I waste time thinking of what I should have said or done.” ThinkingShouldSaidDoneTroubleWasteShould HaveDestructiveAnxiousWasting TimeRetrospective Author:Hugh Laurie
“I was too shy, I think, to sing publicly. It takes a particular kind of person. And when I was young, I was not that person. In the first instance, when a record company said to me, do you want to try and make your record, my first reaction was, no, I'm not worthy - I couldn't possibly, and so on and so forth.” ThinkingWantTryingFirstsKindPersonsSaidYoungCompanyRecordsParticularWorthyReactionsInstanceShyRecord CompaniesNot Worthy Author:Hugh Laurie
“Now, my mom always said two wrongs don't make a right. But she never said anything about four wrongs, and that always left me confused.” SaidTwoLeftFourMomMy MomConfused Author:Hugh Laurie
“I was shown into a room. A red room. Red wallpaper, red curtains, red carpet. They said it was a sitting-room, but I don’t know why they’d decided to confine its purpose just to sitting. Obviously, sitting was one of the things you could do in a room this size; but you could also stage operas, hold cycling races, and have an absolutely cracking game of frisbee, all at the same time, without having to move any of the furniture. It could rain in a room this big.” KnowsSaidBigsMovingPurposeGamesRoomsRaceStageSittingRedRainDecidedSizeOperaThey SaidCurtainsFurnitureCarpetCyclingRed CarpetFrisbee Book:The Gun Seller Source: The Gun Seller
“I remember watching Mel Gibson on some show once, and he was being asked about his belief in the afterlife. Gibson said: 'Well, I can't believe this is all there is'. And I thought: 'Wait a minute. You're Mel Gibson. You have millions of dollars. You're a great-looking chap with every conceivable blessing that could be bestowed upon a man. And that's not good enough ?'” MenBelieveWellsSaidI CanEnoughShowsRememberBeliefHeavenWaitingMillionsHellMinutesBlessingDollarsGood EnoughAfterlifeHeaven And HellNot Good EnoughChaps Author:Hugh Laurie
